GATHRIGHT v. RIGGS

No. 3878.

344 S.W.2d 757 (1961)

W. E. GATHRIGHT, Appellant, v. Rosa lona RIGGS et al., Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Waco.

Rehearing Denied March 30, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mays & Jacobs, Corsicana, for appellant.

Dawson & Dawson, Corsicana, for appellees.


WILSON, Justice.

Appeal from order sustaining plea of privilege in a child custody habeas corpus proceeding. The controlling question is whether dismissal of previous habeas corpus proceedings in another county, while appellant's plea of privilege therein was pending, fixed venue of the instant proceedings.

By a 1956 modification of a divorce decree, custody of the child was given to his mother, appellee herein, from September 1 to June 1 of each year. On...

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